Wheel.



N o. 831,860. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

r F. J. HALL & A. W. HAWKINSON.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.2. 1905.

UNITED EJifiliifliii FRANK JOHN HALL AND AXE-L W. l,

.ASSIUNORS TO lVALTER E.

or ELYRIA, onio, iinxi, oruo.

Wr-EEEEL.

Specification of Lowers li ateu'zi Patented Sept. 25, 1908.

A lication i'llou Fohruzw 2 1995. Svrial Nor PH-33km,

county of Lorain and Sh nto of Ohio, have in vent-oil a certain new and useful lmprovw merit in viheols, of which the i'OliUWlKlg is u i full, clear, and exact; dpsc-ription, ieiemm being had to the accompanying drawings.

The ohjoci; of this invention is to proviile an extromolywheap and at tho same iime of iicient W for use on small vehicles as toys of one sort'or another, lmhy-onrriuges. SLL'.

The invon tion hereinafter more fully do soribeii and its essontinl uluirueierisbics set out in the claim.

in. the drawings, Figure I is H perspeetire View of our Whool. Fig. 2 is a \"ertieulerosssection through the huh on a plum parallel with the side of the wheel. Fig. 3 a crossseotion through the. rim on a similar plane. Fig. 4 is a transverse Cross-seeiioii through the hill). Fig. 5 is u irnnsverso seetiou i' the rim.

'liio huhoi the wheel eomprises u iuhe Ex, whieh is adapted to surround the :ZXll, and ii pair of hen is B thereon. whieh eurt'y the inner ends of the spokes. 'llie tu'oe A has shoulders 11, against whirh the heml uhu'l. This tube is eheziply uunle from 1 lint sheet oi metal having grooves bent into it to lorm the siioulileis o IHHi (hen rolled until the edges suhstzini'inlly uhut us slum n in the ilrzm logs.

Each of the hezuls B eonsisi's of u Wusher f) abutting aga nst iile shoulders a, null o memhor I), which surrounils ihe tube A outsiiie oi the disk 11 and has :1. iliingo is, extending in inn-(Hy over the edge of the (lisli, and their has r-urs 3:, lient. ilownu'm'rl on the liilli'l' sulloi' the (lislr.

'lho spokes (zlesignuieil are minle oi wire,

u single piece ol' wire eonsiiiulinyg 'in'o spoke i oonneeieil together :ii their inner enils l ihe 5 portion e.

spokes pass through :1 puir oi zuljueem open 1M4 ing's I) in tho .llange h" of the member 1/.

EU. sueh (:onneeling port the shown in the drawings, there are six of those. openin s I" in edrh oi tho heads B, and this provides for the reception of the inner onds of throe oi the ilouhle-mmerl spokes shown. At

their outer ends ihe spokes puss throughopeninu's in the rim 1) uni are then hoiut ulisImiLinlly :1! rig onglos, :is at c, to ho :iiongy the oul or siile i ihis rim. "iheso huntover portions i? are roverod by u 'cire d,wiii :h lies on. rho oulor siclo thereof and is heid in plm'i by tho rolled-over edges J of the, rim. 'lhe rolling over of iheso eilgislnuy be con.- veroonlly done after tho oinls of he spokes ore lien! ow iiiltl the tire stripdpul. in plrroe. 'lhe ulnlti. 'eiuls oi the rim are lllifii in place lwy the tire-sf rip (1,", whose nine i g end come iii. 21 ili'liereni ploeo from ilioss oi the rim.

After the whevi is iisseuil lnii us above (loserihed it ilippeil in the usual girl *unizing solution.

it will he seen that our wheel is extremely eheiip 21ml simple in oonstrueiion. .iract ico ,lois (leinonsiroi rl that it has ample strength for wry nmny uses where :1 light. wheel is do sired.

in :1 Wheel, he

ronthinntion of :1 hub having hezuls thereon. a series of spokes utiuehoi to suiil hemls oi. ih-z-ir inner ends, lining at their onler i Iuls l ei1i3(i( \\'i'i onii .ili tili Lo the outer sirie ol' 2:. run, soul rim having: openings in us lllllll portion ihrough whii-h 'i ho'onils ol' lluspokes: :ire pus eil, soul herring (hinges olo: g; ezv-h eilgge, ul'ul a tire lersniil rim pliicv (.1 over flu.- siime llll i Hi-(lli"((l ilmeto by having the suiii hinges hem oxor upon its or. gas so as to lirzoly emluuee nuil fliUilH the some.

in linuiuzouv u'hereol' we hereunio oilix our siu'imiures in rho pI'esein-e of two \i'ii- Iu-s'ses. 

